Agencies

Kabul: UK Armed Forces Minister James Heappey warned on Thursday that ISIS-Khorasan group might stage an "imminent" and "severe" terrorist attack at the Kabul airport "within hours."Earlier this week, a senior UK source told the Sky News broadcaster about...

Tokyo: The Japanese government issued a protest to Russia over its plans to conduct firing training near the Iturup island in Russia’s Kuril Island chain, Chief Cabinet Secretary Katsunobu Kato said.Tokyo is set to continue negotiations with Russia as...

Washington: Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, on his first diplomatic trip to Washington, will meet with President Joe Biden at the White House on Thursday where they are expected to focus on addressing Iran's accelerating progress with its nuclear...

New Delhi: India recorded 46,164 fresh infections, with Kerala alone accounting for 68 per cent of the caseload in the past 24 hours, data shared by Union Health Ministry on Thursday showed.According to the data, an increase of 8,571...

Kabul: Abdul Salam Hanafi, the deputy head of the Taliban (banned in Russia) political office in Qatar, met with Chinese Ambassador to Afghanistan Wang Yu in Kabul on Tuesday, a Taliban spokesperson said."They discussed the security of the Chinese...

Washington: US President Joe Biden said the United States is on pace to complete its evacuation mission in Afghanistan by the end of August if the Taliban (banned in Russia) do not disrupt the operation."We are currently on a...

Guwahati: At least 60 cadres of the newly formed insurgent group National Liberation Front of Bodoland (NLFB) surrendered before the police with arms and ammunition in Assam's Udalguri district on Tuesday, an official said.They are currently kept in a camp...

Washington: The US military could evacuate approximately 100,000 people from Afghanistan by the end of the week if they are able to maintain the pace of the last several days, Pentagon spokesperson John Kirby said during a press briefing...

New Delhi: A Ukrainian plane in Afghanistan to evacuate its citizens was hijacked and diverted to Iran, reports quoted a Ukraine Minister as saying.The plane had reportedly arrived last week to evacuate Ukrainians, the NDTV reported."Last Sunday, our plane...

Washington: US House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff said it is very unlikely the United States will meet the August 31 deadline to completely withdraw from Afghanistan given the number of people on the ground that still must...